Liquid-receptacle.



L. LERIO.

LIQUID RECEPTAGLB.

APPLIOATION `FILED MAY 9, 1910.

1, 1 l 3,660. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

LOUIS LERIO, 0F MOBILE, ALABAMA.

. LIQUID-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914:.

Application led May 9,l 1910. Serial No. 560,255.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LOUIS LERro, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-Receptacles, of which the following is-aspecification.

'Ihis invention relates to liquid receptacles.

The object of the invention is to unite the edges of the blank forming the receptacle in such manner as positively to obviate the necessity of the employment of solder to prevent leakage either at the bottom or side of the receptacle.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists'in the novel receptacle, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a view of the blank from which the receptacle is made. F ig. 2 is a erspective view, displaying the first step 1n forming the lock-seam for uniting the edgesof the blank. Fig. 3 is an edge view, displaying the second step in forming the seam. Fig. 4 is a similar View, exhibiting the third step.v Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the completed article.

Primarily it may be statedthat the seam herein shown may be employed on any form of liquid-containing receptacles, such as firebuckets, turpentine-cups, and in the drawings the latter is shown as exhibitive of one method of carrying the invention into effect.

In constructing the receptacle, a semi-circular blank of metal 1 is taken and ,bent upon itself along its transverse median line to the form shown in Fig. 2, the. straight edges being brought into parallelism, and are bent in the same direction to form the first member 2 of the bead or seam. Theblank including the seam-memberv 2 is then rebent to provide the second member 3 of the seam, forming thereby four plies of the metal. The seam 3 is then folded down upon the blank as shown at 4, and finally the metal of the blank and the seam are again rebent to form a six-ply seam 5, that is disposed at right angles to the back of the bucket, all the bends or folds being made in the same direction. By suitable appliances,

the stock is bent to the shape shown in Fig. 5, producing thereby a receptacle that is approximately triangular in form when viewed in elevation, and of substantially elliptical form when viewed from its larger end. Owing to the successive folds produced,'the metal at the apex of the bucket presents a seal that is absolutely liquid proof, While the six-ply seamwillrender the body of the receptacle also impervious to the escape of liquid. As the successive plies of the seam in the nal operation are closely pinched together, and -by reason of theJ manner in which they are interlocked, the use of solder is rendered unnecessary to secure a hermetic joint. The seam forms a grip-flange whereby the cup 'may be conveniently handled, as will be readily understood. l

It will be seen from the foreging description that while the improvements herein disclosed are simple in character, that they will coperate in the present-ation of a cheap, durable and thoroughly effective form of liquid receptacle.y

I claim:

`A receptacle formed from a sin le semicircular blank of material having lts edges along its straight side folded many times in the same direction to form a sealing seam, so that the bottom ofthe body of the receptacle is folded into the seam so as to be sealed thereby,- the said seam lying at right angles to the adjacent side of the receptacle and serving to stiften said adjacent sideto prevent its being flexed to the same degree' as the other side of the receptacle when pressure is brought to' bear against the latter l during the operation of shaping thereceptacle.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. y

` LOUIS LERIO.

- Witnesses: l

FRED. W. BAoHo, CHAs. M. CARD. 

